Celebrating 30 Years Of Oprah
Celebrating 30 Years Of Oprah
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Thirty years ago Oprah Winfrey stepped onto the national stage with the first syndicated episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The rest is history. The Chicago-based show ran in hundreds of markets for 25 years, earned more than 40 Emmy awards and made Oprah the richest and most famous African American woman in the country. Of course, the show changed quite a bit over the years.
Morning Shift talks to Chicago Magazine writer Mike Thomas about the show’s first season in syndication in 1986. Explore more.